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UN Commission on Human Rights

Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission on Human Rights was slated to be abolished on 16 June 2006 with the conclusion of its sixty-second session and pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/251 establishing the Human Rights Council. The Commission on Human Rights for decades was considered to be the central architect of the work of the United Nations in the field of human rights. Delegates from its 53 member States, together with those of observer States and non-governmental organizations, met in March/April of each year in regular sessions in Geneva, though special sessions were sometimes held at other times to deal with urgent and acute human rights situations. It was assisted in this work by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a number of working groups and a network of individual experts, representatives and special rapporteurs mandated to report to it on specific issues or countries. At its regular sessions, the Commission adopted resolutions, decisions and statements on matters of relevance to individuals in all regions and circumstances.  Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr
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Addendum to the Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Mission to Nepal

7 October 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin. Addendum MISSION TO THE SUDAN* ** (3-13 October 2005)

13 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Specific Group and Individuals: Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons, Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin

12 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Addendum: Mission to Serbia And Montenegro

9 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Addendum, Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

29 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin, Mission to Croatia

29 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Specific Group and Individuals: Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons, Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin. Addendum, Framework for national responsibility

23 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Resolution 2005/46 on Internally Displaced Persons

19 April 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin

30 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/55

31 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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